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wolverine

  • 22-08-2013 12:58am
    #1
    omeatheopian
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    would you say he is more like a dog or a cat?
    one word answers only please
    thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Gummy Panda
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    omeatheopian wrote: »
    would you say he is more like a dog or a cat?
    one word answers only please
    thanks in advance

    Possible bald wookiee


  • #3
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyMZxMNOcw


  • #4
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Eeeeh a wolf


  • #5
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rBGqgMxXNRo


  • #6
    Timmyctc
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    I presume this is for an arguement you had with a friend. You shoulda included a poll. But, for the sake of clarity. I think he most resembles an unladen swallow


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  • #7
    shopaholic01
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    Neither.


  • #8
    Sauve
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    omeatheopian wrote: »
    would you say he is more like a dog or a cat?
    one word answers only please
    thanks in advance

    Dog.

    Wolverine is related to wolves, wolves are related to dogs, and I need to go the fcuk to bed.


  • #9
    Timmyctc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    Sauve wrote: »
    Dog.

    Wolverine is related to wolves, wolves are related to dogs, and I need to go the fcuk to bed.

    that was a very Suave answer of you. :pac:


  • #10
    petes
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    Pigeon!


  • #11
    Howard Juneau
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    Hippopotamus


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  • #12
    Chareth Cutestory
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    Dog with sideburns


  • #13
    The Backwards Man
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    petes wrote: »
    Pigeon!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dexQhvczVeM


  • #14
    petes
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Stop the pigeon

    Ah lovely, just when I'm about to go to sleep. I can sing it to myself!!


  • #15
    RikkFlair
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    The loyalty of a dog, the agility of a cat. And hands like swiss army knives.


  • #16
    princess-lala
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    A big hairy cow imo :p

    why only one word answers eh??


  • #17
    Howard Juneau
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    Buffybot


  • #18
    aidoh
    Registered Users Posts: 620 ✭✭✭aidoh


    Sauve wrote: »
    Dog.

    Wolverine is related to wolves, wolves are related to dogs, and I need to go the fcuk to bed.

    Neither.

    Wolverines are more closely related to otters, badgers and so on than they are to either dogs or cats. Wolverines are mustelids and as an evolutionary family they're as closely or distantly related to canids (the dog family) as they are to felids (cats).

    And for the record dogs were domesticated from wolves only about 10ka and technically could still be considered the same species.

    I think Roy Thomas (the Marvel writer who crated Wolverine) had a weird idea about what a wolverine actually was because they're really just fat little angry badgers who eat bird eggs and insects as much as they scavenge the carcasses of birds and small mammals.

    Sorry for the not-one-word-answer, OP but as a biologist I can't let this stuff slide. Even at 20 past 1 on AH for some reason :(.


  • #19
    kowloon
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    Timmyctc wrote: »
    I presume this is for an arguement you had with a friend. You shoulda included a poll. But, for the sake of clarity. I think he most resembles an unladen swallow

    African or European?


  • #20
    Timmyctc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    kowloon wrote: »
    African or European?

    ..Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?


  • #21
    Jester252
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    Who cares about Wolverine? Nightcrawler is where its at.


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  • #22
    Timmyctc
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    Jester252 wrote: »
    Who cares about Wolverine? Nightcrawler is where its at.

    Gambit is the suavest motherfúcker in the world tbf


  • #23
    dodderangler
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    Clearly its manbearpig


  • #24
    Insect Overlord
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    omeatheopian wrote: »
    would you say he is more like a dog or a cat?
    one word answers only please
    thanks in advance

    Wolverine.


  • #25
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    aidoh wrote: »
    Neither.

    Wolverines are more closely related to otters, badgers and so on than they are to either dogs or cats. Wolverines are mustelids and as an evolutionary family they're as closely or distantly related to canids (the dog family) as they are to felids (cats).

    And for the record dogs were domesticated from wolves only about 10ka and technically could still be considered the same species.

    I think Roy Thomas (the Marvel writer who crated Wolverine) had a weird idea about what a wolverine actually was because they're really just fat little angry badgers who eat bird eggs and insects as much as they scavenge the carcasses of birds and small mammals.

    Sorry for the not-one-word-answer, OP but as a biologist I can't let this stuff slide. Even at 20 past 1 on AH for some reason :(.

    Beat me to it my friend, was just about to post pretty much exactly that - actually a little spooked how similar my intended reply was to yours!


  • #26
    dodderangler
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    It's bit mad how an animal of their size is generally feared and avoided by other larger predators like wolves cougars and bears.
    They have a reputation for not backing down from any other animal when confronted other than humans which kill them for fur.
    Same goes for badgers. They are left alone by alot of larger predators.
    Honey badger I would avoid at all costs.
    Vicious ba5tards. Even lions don't mess with them and young cheetah cubs are often avoided by most predators as they resemble a ratel ( honey badger).


  • #27
    longshanks
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    A rodenty bear. True story.


  • #28
    kneemos
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    Looks like a mountainy man.


  • #29
    Mozzeltoff
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    He's really a Honey Badger


  • #30
    Son Of A Vidic
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    omeatheopian wrote: »
    would you say he is more like a dog or a cat?
    one word answers only please
    thanks in advance

    Actor.


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  • #31
    Goodshape
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    It's an actual animal. I did not know that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine


  • #32
    Crooked Jack
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    Goodshape wrote: »
    It's an actual animal. I did not know that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

    Did you think they just made it up?
    You know the tasmanian devil is real too.

    http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/files/2010/12/taz1.jpeg

    Although Ill admit he's not quite what the childhood you might imagine

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_devil


  • #33
    tin79
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    Austrailian, so? Dog?


  • #34
    Hoop66
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    Ársepaper


  • #35
    Dravokivich
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    omeatheopian wrote: »
    would you say he is more like a dog or a cat?
    one word answers only please
    thanks in advance

    ifidontuseanyspacesisitstillonlyoneword?


  • #36
    Goodshape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Did you think they just made it up?
    You know the tasmanian devil is real too.
    Yes I know the Tasmanian devil is real :)

    But no, I just thought Wolverine was derived from wolf.


    TIL.


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  • #37
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    Goodshape wrote: »
    Yes I know the Tasmanian devil is real :)

    But no, I just thought Wolverine was derived from wolf.


    TIL.

    I'm so behind on my internet acronyms. I had to google TIL, but in doing so, TIL


  • #38
    kylith
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    Wolverines are neither cats nor dogs.


  • #39
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    kylith wrote: »
    Wolverines are neither cats nor dogs.

    What? TIL.
    Im flat out on this TIL now


  • #40
    Richard Hillman
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    A bear dog


  • #41
    vitani
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    Goodshape wrote: »
    It's an actual animal. I did not know that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

    Just posted as much on the obvious things you never realised thread. I thought it was some type of mythical wolf, tbh.


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